The Kindergarten Connection

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The Kindergarten Connection is full of fun ideas and inspiration for preschool-1st grade. You will find fun learning activities designed with preschool, kindergarten, and first grade in mind. From crafts and printables, to lessons, games, and more.

This Easter egg counting activity is a fun and festive way for young students to practice counting and early math skills! This is a great way to use up any leftover plastic Easter eggs. This Easter egg counting activity would be a quick and easy math center to set up for your classroom. Parents could easily set this activity up for their kids for extra counting practice at home as well.

Do your students jump for joy over graphing activities like mine do? Your children be able to effectively practice early graphing skills with this Roll and Graph Spring Math Activity AND have fun while doing it! I’m so excited to roll out our next roll and graph activity in the series!

You have two options for using dice with this activity. You can use the included Springtime printable die and assemble it on your own OR you can use the pocket die printable cards to place in a pocket die.

Assembly for the Springtime roll and graph printable die is simple! I would suggest laminating it first. I think it’s easier to assemble when it’s laminated. Laminating also makes the die more durable.

Simply cut out the die along the thick black line. Then you’ll fold inward, along the dotted lines.

Keep folding up the die and tucking in the edges until it’s in a cube shape. Lastly, add a couple pieces of tape to secure the die.

If you’d rather not fuss with assembling the printable die, then use a pocket die (these pocket dice are my absolute favorite and what I use in math centers all the time) and print the pocket die picture cards.

Simply cut them out and slide them into the sides of the pocket die.

How to Use the Springtime Roll and Graph Recording Sheet

If you choose to place this activity in your math center, be sure that your students have a solid foundation of graphing skills. If it’s been awhile then a quick reminder of how to graph will help!

You might also want to place a basket of crayons, colored pencils and markers in your math center for more graphing fun!

Extra Fun Tip: Give students colorful stickers for graphing instead of coloring in the squares on the recording sheet. As an added bonus…this helps work those fine motor muscles too!

Time to Graph!

Students are expected to roll the die and then color in one square above the Springtime-themed picture that matches.

The activity continues with the child rolling the die and coloring in the squares above the object rolled on the die.

The game is over when one of the Springtime pictures reaches the top of the graph first!

Partner Work

Turn this graphing activity into a race! In pairs, each child has his/her own Springtime Roll and Graph recording sheet and they share a die.

Player #1 rolls the die and colors in the square on their own graph recording sheet.

Player #2 then rolls and records the picture rolled on their own recording sheet.

The game continues until one of the player’s Springtime-themed pictures has reached the top of their own graph first!

Grab Your Copy

Ready for some graphing fun? Add this roll and graph spring math activity to your math centers by clicking the yellow button at the very bottom of this post.

Then, for more fun spring learning ideas, check out these awesome printables and activities from some of my favorite kid bloggers!

Easter eggs are a staple for the Easter season. Children love to dye eggs, color eggs, hide eggs, and today I am excited to share with you a new egg art project that your students are going to love! This Sponge Paint Easter Art project is a new, creative way to celebrate the Easter season in your classroom!

Bunnies, chicks, and eggs, oh my! It must be Easter time! Place this Roll and Graph Easter Math Activity in your math center and watch as your students have fun while working on early graphing skills. As an added bonus, they’ll work those fine motor muscles while coloring too!

Roll and Graph Easter Math Activity

This activity is suitable for Preschool and Kindergarten students. Use this math graphing activity in singles, pairs, or small groups!

When children work in pairs they can turn this activity into a race to see which Easter-themed picture wins first!

You have two options for using dice with this activity. You can use the included Easter printable die and assemble it on your own OR you can use the pocket die printable cards to place in a pocket die.

Assembly for the Easter roll and graph printable die is simple! I would suggest laminating it first. I think it’s easier to assemble when it’s laminated. Laminating also makes the die more durable.

Simply cut out the die along the thick black line. Then you’ll fold inward, along the dotted lines.

Keep folding up the die and tucking in the edges until it’s in a cube shape. Lastly, add a couple pieces of tape to secure the die.

If you’d rather not fuss with assembling the printable die, then use a pocket die (these pocket dice are my absolute favorite and what I use in math centers all the time) and print the pocket die picture cards.

Simply cut them out and slide them into the sides of the pocket die.

How to Use the Easter Roll and Graph Recording Sheet

If you choose to place this activity in your math center, be sure that your students have a solid foundation of graphing skills. If it’s been awhile then a quick reminder of how to graph will help!

Take the fun up a notch by placing a basket of crayons, colored pencils and markers in your math center so students can put their creative touch on their Easter graph!

Extra Fun Tip: Give students colorful stickers for graphing instead of coloring in the squares on the recording sheet. As an added bonus…this helps work those fine motor muscles too!

Time to Graph!

Students are expected to roll the die and then color in one square above the Easter-themed picture that matches.

The activity continues with the child rolling the die and coloring in the squares above the object rolled on the die.

The game is over when one of the Easter-themed pictures reaches the top of the graph first!

Partner Work

Turn this graphing activity into a race! In pairs, each child has his/her own Easter Roll and Graph recording sheet and they share a die.

Player #1 rolls the die and colors in the square on their own graph recording sheet.

Player #2 then rolls and records the picture rolled on their own recording sheet.

The game continues until one of the player’s Easter-themed pictures has reached the top of their own graph first!

Grab Your Copy

Ready for some graphing fun? Add this roll and graph Easter math activity to your math centers by clicking the yellow button below!

One of the greatest joys of being a teacher is watching their little faces light up when a child begins to read! It’s always so much fun to find an activity that supports our early readers in a creative way. That’s what I love about this Raindrop CVC Word Matching Activity! It’s easy-prep and so effective for encouraging those early reading skills in children.

A little pot of gold at the end of the rainbow is just the thing to brighten up those gloomy days of March! This Rainbow Canvas St. Patrick’s Day Art is a fun project for your classroom art center. Your students will really enjoy sponge painting and creating this one-of-a-kind art masterpiece!

Rainbow Canvas St. Patrick’s Day Art

With very little help little ones can create a beautiful sponge painting on canvas for a magical St. Patrick’s Day art piece!

You can place this art project in your art center or create it with your students in small groups.

Display your student’s art masterpieces around the classroom on mini easels and do a classroom art walk. What a beautiful classroom tradition that they will never forget!

Oh the joys that March brings! Rainbows, Leprechauns, the colors gold and green and everything in between! You and your students are going to LOVE celebrating all the fun of March with this Rainbow Rain Stick St. Patrick’s Day Craft!

Rainbow Rain Stick St. Patrick’s Day Craft

This adorable St. Patrick’s Day craft is suitable for little fingers with very little assistance. You can place this craft in your art center or prepare with children in small groups.

Play some fun music and dance a little jig while your students shake their Rainbow Rain Sticks!

Although we don’t celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in our house like the rest of the holidays, we love a good theme for our learning! We are working on identifying, counting and learning 1:1 correspondence for numbers one to twenty. These little four leaf clover counting printables are an easy and fun way to get festive while working on number sense and counting skills.

I love using counting mats in our classroom! They’re a simple, engaging way for students to practice their number sense. I find them especially helpful for practicing those tricky teen numbers. Today I’m sharing how to use these free St. Patrick’s Day Teen Number Counting Mats for numbers 11-20. This activity will work great for whole group practice or as a hands-on math center.

If you want to stick with the pot of gold theme, you could use only yellow counters. You could also use a multitude of colors and go with a rainbow theme for this holiday instead!

St. Patrick’s Day Counting Mats:

The counting mats are simple to prep and easy to use. I print the mats and laminate for durability.

Next, I choose my counters and set those out in a bin with the counting mats. It’s that easy!

Students will choose a mat and read that number. I like to have a number line available for activities like this.

Number lines are a great resource for children who are still learning to identify their numbers. Students start from 1 and move down the number line, counting aloud, until they reach the number that matches the one on their counting mat.

After reading the number, students move the counters to the counting mat, saying each number as they place the object down.

Each counting mat has 2 ten frames on it. This will help your students learn to organize as they count, as well as learn to visualize what that number looks like when it’s represented with objects.

Finally, students can practice writing the number on the bottom of the counting mat. The number is written twice in a dotted font to allow students who need it extra support before writing independently on the rest of the line.

Tie-In Fine Motor Fun:

My personal favorite way to use counting mats is by tying in fine motor practice. That’s why for this activity, I have yellow pom poms to use as “gold” counters and tweezers that help my kids build their hand strength.

This task is trickier than it looks for those little hands! It makes a great activity for building hand muscles in children that are developing their fine motor skills.

Grab Your Copy

I hope that you and your students enjoy these St. Patrick’s Day Teen Number Counting Mats! You can grab your free download by clicking the yellow button below.

Raise your hand if you are an early childhood teacher and you LOVE free printables! This Roll and Graph St. Patrick’s Day Math Activity is the perfect opportunity for your students to practice graphing skills in a fun way this March. These adorable leprechauns are ready to bring some excitement to your math centers this month!

Roll and Graph St. Patrick’s Day Math Activity

This activity is suitable for Preschool and Kindergarten students. What’s extra great about this math center is children will practice graphing skills while also working their fine motor muscles while coloring!

You can decide to use this math game in singles or pairs.

When children work in pairs they can turn this activity into a race to see which St. Patrick’s Day-themed picture wins first!

Let’s get started with our supplies.

Supplies

St. Patrick’s Day Roll and Graph recording page (at the end of the post)

St. Patrick’s Day Roll and Graph printable die (at the end of the post)

St. Patrick’s Day Pocket Die printable picture cards (at the end of the post)

One of the best things about this St. Patrick’s Day graphing activity is… options!

You have two options for using dice with this activity. You can use the included St. Patrick’s Day printable die and assemble it on your own OR you can use the pocket die printable cards to place in a pocket die.

Assembly for the St. Patrick’s Day roll and graph printable die is simple! I would suggest laminating it first. I think it’s easier to assemble when it’s laminated. Laminating also makes the die more durable.

Simply cut out the die along the thick black line. Then you’ll fold inward, along the dotted lines. Keep folding up the die and tucking in the edges until it’s in a cube shape. Lastly, add a couple pieces of tape to secure the die.

If you’d rather not fuss with assembling the printable die, then use a pocket die (these pocket dice are my absolute favorite and what I use in math centers all the time) and print the pocket die picture cards.

Simply cut them out and slide them into the sides of the pocket die.

How to Use the St. Patrick’s Day Roll and Graph Recording Sheet

If you choose to place this activity in your math center, be sure that your students have a solid foundation of graphing skills. If it’s been awhile then a quick reminder of how to graph will help!

You might also want to place a basket in the math center with a variety of coloring tools in it to make graphing more fun.

Children can choose crayons, markers, or colored pencils to color in their graphs!

Extra Fun Tip: Give students colorful stickers for graphing instead of coloring in the squares on the recording sheet. As an added bonus…this helps work those fine motor muscles too!

Time to Graph!

Students are expected to roll the die and then color in one square above the St. Patrick’s Day picture that matches.

The activity continues with the child rolling the die and coloring in the squares above the object rolled on the die. The game is over when one of the St. Patrick’s Day pictures reaches the top of the graph first!

Partner Work

Turn this graphing activity into a race! In pairs, each child has his/her own St. Patrick’s Day Roll and Graph recording sheet and they share a die.

Player #1 rolls the die and colors in the square on their own graph recording sheet.

Player #2 then rolls and records the picture rolled on their own recording sheet.

The game continues until one of the player’s St. Patrick’s Day pictures has reached the top of their own graph first!

Grab Your Copy

Ready for some graphing fun? Add this roll and graph St. Patrick’s Day math activity to your math centers by clicking the yellow button below!